Also, the biggest challenge of parenting was trying to keep up with the latest trends going on for kids and being able to afford them. My mother said she never wanted to disappoint me as a child, so she made sure I always had the newest toys and clothes, but it started to become an expensive trend. There were times when my mother said she should explain to me that it wasn't about having all the newest and greatest materials to be happy and accepted among my peers. This was challenging for my parents because when they were growing up there weren't many material things that every child needed. My mom also said that they did their best to show me that I wasn't always handed things in life, so they made me earn my new materials. Finally, when I asked my mother about her anticipation of becoming a grandfather, and she talked about how she couldn't wait to spoil that child. She My mother had learned from her father to be the best parent you can be even when it is difficult to always be present. I could tell that my grandfather and mother were the kind of parents who put their children's happiness above their own. Something else similar is the holiday tradition that has been going on since my mother was little. I think my grandfather liked to see that continue with me and my parents. Another similarity I noticed was that both my mother and grandfather were very family oriented. They made sure there was always quality time with the family and that he was seen as much as possible. Family is very important to my grandfather because he had four brothers and he barely saw them, so he made sure his children could see the rest of the family and get to know them. My mother learned from her father that family is important, so she passed it on to me to always be with my cousins ​​when I was younger and I got to see as many relatives as possible